Coupling for fence posts



March 4, 1930. J. c. SCHEELER 1,749,000

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COUPLING Fo FnNoE ros'rs Application filed'December 27, 1928. Serial No. 328,705. I

This invention relates to a coupling which .ismore particularly intended for detachably.

connecting the sections .of aportable wire fence having end posts which are'adapted to be driven intothe groundbut the same may similar nature,'such as'wire guards having round iron frames. 1

Heretofore sections of fencing of this character have usually been 'wired together at their opposing ends which is objectionable in that it produces an unfinished appearance and also renders it inconvenient to disconnect same from one ground space to 'another.

.The purpose of this invention is the pro- J duction of a coupling of this character which .can bemanufacturedat low cost, which im- "proves'the appearance of the portable fenc ing and which can-be readily applied to the fence sections when erecting them and also removed from the fence sections to permit" of more conveniently shifting the same from one place on the land to another.

f In the accompanying drawings: w Figure 1 is a fragmentary elevation of two "adjacent portable wire fence 'section s'which have been erected on the ground and connected .at their'opposed vertical-endsby couplings embodying this invention. 7 I

Flgure 2 1s an elevation," on an enlarged scale, of this coupling applied to. the end posts of'two fence sections.

' Figure 3 is'ahorizontal; section taken on g j bfthe jaws 15, .16.;andhas'its concave side line 3-3, Figure 2.

Figure 4. is a perspective ofthe coupling 7 assembled.

Figure 5 1s a similar View of the same dismembered.

- I In Figurel' two sections of a portable wire In the following description similar charseveral figures of thedrawings.

acters of reference indicate. like parts in the fence are represented as connected by cou-' plings made in accordance with the present invention. Although these sections may be of any suitable form as to detail each of them preferably consists ofa frame havingupper and lower horizontal rods-or bars 10,- 11; up-

right posts orrods l2,connecting-; the corre sponding ends of the horizontal rods, and one or more intermediate upright posts or rods 13 connecting the intermediate parts of the horizontal rods.

Eachofthevpostsis, provided at, lower.

end with a downward extension .14 forming a spike orspur which is driveninto the 'groundfor-holding the fence section erect wherever the same is placed.

rods 12 at the opposingends of two adj acent sections are connected-by one or more couplings which embody my invention and which in their preferred form areconstructed as follows: 1

The coupling comprises two, plates'which; in then normalv operative position oppose each other and eachl of which is preferably I stamped or bent into, corrugatedform out'of' a singlesheetfof metal.- One of the plates is bent to form two ;seini-cylindrical jaws 1-75;

16" atfopposite ends thereof, the concave. sides, I

- of which face inwardly and between-these jaws this plate is provided with'ia single lock ing loop 17' which connects'the central parts facing outwardly.

,' The other platei's bent to form-two semi cylindrical jaws-{ 18319 at? opposite ends thereof, the concave. sides of;whichfacei in-xz iw'ardly and between-these. jaws :this plate is provided with two locking loops 20 20,- which connect the upper and lower parts of these j aws an dhave-their concave sides facing,

fence section so'that the jaws of each plate engage with the corresponding sides of the respective posts and the single locking loop of one plate is arranged betweenthe two locking loops of the other plate. In this position of the two plates the loops of the same cross each other and are arranged on a line which is between the two pairs of jaws of the plates and parallel therewith. 7

After the plates have been thus applied to the two posts or end members of two fence sections a locking pin 21 is inserted between tne crossed loops of the respective plates so lat the jaws are securely held in operative engagement with the fence posts, as best shown in Figure 3. This pin is preferably provided at its upper end with a laterally projecting arm 22 forming'a stop adapted to ngage with the upper edge of the single locking loop and thus limit the downward movement of this pin.

Assembling of the coupling with the fence ections in the manner described Can'be effected expeditiously, easily and conveniently and when assembled the fence sections are socurely held in their proper position and produce a completed fence which is very neat-and attractive in appearance.

The couplings can also be very easily detached from the fencesections to permit of shifting the same and reerecting the same on another part of the lawn, or other part of the land if for any reason this is necessary or desired.

Owing to the simplicity of this coupling the same can be produced at low cost there by enabling a fence to be equipped with the same without appreciably greater expense than the means heretofore-employed for this purpose.

I claim as my invention:

1..A coupling for connecting two fence osts or like members com risin two lates which normally oppose each other and each of which is provided at its opposite ends with aws adapted toengage with the corresponding sides of said members and said plates having loops which cross eachother, and a pin insertable between said crossed-loops.

2. A coupling for connecting two fence posts or like members, comprising two plates which normally oppose each other and each plates in engagement with said members.

In testimony whereof I hereby afiixnly signature.

JOHN C. SCHEELER.

. of which is provided at its opposite ends 7 with jaws adapted to engage with the corresponding sides of said members and said plates having loops between said jaws which crosseach other, and a pin'insertable between 3. A coupling for connecting two fence posts or like members, comprising tw-oplates which normally oppose each other and each of which is provided at its opposite ends with jaws adapted to engage with the corresponding sides of said-members, one of said plates 

